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Mine's Igor Wakhevitch. One of the two coolest most rockin' musique concrete / electro acoustic composer ever. Just click on the link and listen to Materia Prima from Docteur Faust (then the rest).

I'm a big fan, but I use the image as my avatar because he looks so damn cool sitting there with his hawk.

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The Stanley Cup is no more.  Mine is now the logo for the Detroit Tigers, my local Major League baseball team and the place where my money that isn't spent on prog goes.
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Nice axe, A B Negative.
 
As for mine, first, I just like the picture, but after I chose it I realized that it could symbolize the rising of the creative spirit out of the waters of the subconscious.  Or something like that.  Ermm Also, the guitar is not unlike my own Strat, and I find the moon unutterably, ineffably beautiful at times, especially when rising through the trees. Ying Yang
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Points: 1594 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2009 at 02:07
Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Nice axe, A B Negative.
 
Thank you! Big smile
"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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My Avatar space is for rent. If you would like to use my Avatar space for a small monthly fee, please fax your money to Sangria @ 867-5309. Make it ATTN: Jenny.

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Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

Mine's Igor Wakhevitch. One of the two coolest most rockin' musique concrete / electro acoustic composer ever. Just click on the link and listen to Materia Prima from Docteur Faust (then the rest).

I'm a big fan, but I use the image as my avatar because he looks so damn cool sitting there with his hawk.



VERY cool avatar there. It gives a strong impression about you, though I imagine you don't look like that at all. It's just that the imagine fits your ways.

It also fits the description you made to a untitled photo of The Decemberists some time ago Tongue
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Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

Mine's Igor Wakhevitch. One of the two coolest most rockin' musique concrete / electro acoustic composer ever. Just click on the link and listen to Materia Prima from Docteur Faust (then the rest).

I'm a big fan, but I use the image as my avatar because he looks so damn cool sitting there with his hawk.

 
I really thought it was you with that hawk, Rocktopus ! Big smile
 
Are there any avatars that are actually the members themselves ? Maybe CCVP ? or is that another famous person ?
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Points: 1594 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2009 at 14:46
< That's me, that is.
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Mine is a photo from my fridge.
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Mine is Baikinman, the villain from the superb Japanese kiddies' comic ANPANMAN, in which all characters are named after things you can buy in a (Japanese) bakery, or the people who work there:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anpanman

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P.S. For those too lazy to check out wikipedia, I should add that Baikinman literally means "Germ Man". Since he is a villain, one of the things he likes to do is to spread evil germs! After each of his misdeeds, he flies away crowing (in a sinister voice): "Bye bye kin!" (A pun on his own name.) Most of the leading characters in the Anpanman comic are (bakery-related!) superheroes who fly through the air and wear capes. Baikinman has a black cape, which is not visible in my avatar. I got to know Anpanman when our daughters were going to a nursery in Japan. The comic is still wildly popular among Japanese 3 - 5 year olds.
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Originally posted by St.Cleve Chronicle St.Cleve Chronicle wrote:

Mine is a photo from my fridge.

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Points: 11401 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 23 2009 at 05:47
Mine is, of course, a self-portrait ;-)
Websites I work with:

http://www.progressor.net
http://www.houseofprog.com

My profile on Mixcloud:
https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

Mine's Igor Wakhevitch. One of the two coolest most rockin' musique concrete / electro acoustic composer ever. Just click on the link and listen to Materia Prima from Docteur Faust (then the rest).

I'm a big fan, but I use the image as my avatar because he looks so damn cool sitting there with his hawk.



VERY cool avatar there. It gives a strong impression about you, though I imagine you don't look like that at all. It's just that the imagine fits your ways.


Remove the color, give me a hawk, some hip glasses, and I'm not that far from Igor's looks, am I?
Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
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Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Nice axe, A B Negative.
 
As for mine, first, I just like the picture, but after I chose it I realized that it could symbolize the rising of the creative spirit out of the waters of the subconscious.  Or something like that.  Ermm Also, the guitar is not unlike my own Strat, and I find the moon unutterably, ineffably beautiful at times, especially when rising through the trees. Ying Yang


I play a Strat and couldn't see the guitar for a good while.  I was under the impression that it was a man standing there, his head sort of bowed, wearing a striped shirt, with very straight legs...

And I suppose pins sticking out of his back. Ermm


Edited by Epignosis - June 23 2009 at 06:15
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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My avatar is an italian singer ,I believe
Hi progmaniacs of all the world
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Points: 10841 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 23 2009 at 14:37
No, it's a French singer known for having sung "Lolita" in the 90's. A pain in the ears for the progsters, the punks, the metalheads...
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Points: 32530 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 23 2009 at 14:46
Originally posted by markosherrera markosherrera wrote:

My avatar is an italian singer ,I believe


Whoever she is, I cannot look at her without the wife cold-cocking me. Ouch
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 23 2009 at 14:53
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by markosherrera markosherrera wrote:

My avatar is an italian singer ,I believe


Whoever she is, I cannot look at her without the wife cold-cocking me. Ouch

Say what????Confused


Edited by Snow Dog - June 23 2009 at 14:53
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Mine is David Coulthard giving Michael Schumacher the...international symbol for you're number one
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